Prabhu was elected to the post in the Governing Council of ISC held at Mumbai on July 25, 2015, Central Silk Board said.

He succeeds Ishita Roy, who completed her three-year term, it said in a release.

ISC, instituted on August 8, 1960, is the only inter-governmental organisation engaged in the development of sericulture and silk industry in the world.

The ISC, which was headquartered at Lyon, France, had been shifted to Bengaluru during 2013 after the election of Indian nominee for the post of Secretary General.

Prabhu as an IFoS officer has more than 31 years of experience of working in various departments.

After assuming the charge, Prabhu said that concerted efforts will be made to promote sericulture in India and other countries as an alternative source of rural avocation in developing countries using ISC as a platform.